Saturday, 15 April 2017

ISIS ‘minister of war’ from Tajikistan killed by allied airstrike in Mosul

ISIS ‘minister of war’ from Tajikistan killed by allied airstrike in Mosul

The
highest ranking Islamic State commander in Mosul, described as the
jihadists’ minister of war, has been killed in an airstrike, reports The Times.

Gulmurod Khalimov, who was originally from Tajikistan, was in the
west of the city last week when the missile struck. It was the third
time in recent months that he had been the target of an airstrike,
according to an Iraqi military source.

The source said that Khalimov, who had training from US special
forces during his time in Tajikistan’s regular armed forces, had been
responsible for planning the jihadists’ defence of Mosul and was behind
hundreds of car bombings against the coalition.